In the dark corner, the argument between the two became more and more intense. Finally, the fat driver seemed to let go of her hand helplessly. The young woman quickly tidied her clothes and was about to walk back when someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Fei Jiu, what's going on? Did a soft ass meet a hard ass?"
"Hahaha," the crowd laughed loudly, and someone else shouted, "Your grandson is so stingy, and you still want to fuck someone else's tender young wife? Oh my God, come on!"
"I don't think Feijiu is stingy, it's his wife who thinks he's too fat, isn't that a good thing to say..."
"What was it talking about?" someone immediately asked in a joking manner.
"As the saying goes, skinny people are like big ***, and fat people are like small bean sprouts!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Everyone laughed again, and some even slammed the table and shouted, "Fei Jiu, you coward, others can do it, why can't you?"
"That's right, what's wrong with the bean sprouts? If my wife is really hungry, the bean sprouts can at least relieve the itch."
It's not that these people really have low quality, but they have been running long distances and may not have seen any meat for dozens of days. In addition, when they are away from home, no one knows each other, so they have one less layer of scruples. They talk about topics between men and women without restraint, and tell all kinds of dirty jokes one after another, as if they are performing a collective crosstalk.
Wen Liang ate his noodles calmly and indifferently, but Chang Cheng looked at Liu Ya with ill intentions while eating. Liu Ya may have never heard so many dirty words in her life. Her face was very hot, and she could not stand Chang Cheng's gaze. She threw the plastic fork in her hand into the bucket of noodles, her eyes widened and she said angrily: "What are you looking at! People are what they are, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people! Vulgar, shameless!"
"Who are you talking about?"
"You, you guys, I'm talking about you guys!" Liu Ya's fingers circled in the air, passing over the shirtless driver, passing over Chang Cheng, and finally not letting Wen Liang go.
Chang Cheng stretched his neck and said, "We are good people, don't put the blame on us."
"How can you be a good person if you bully a woman?"
"Even if they are bullied, it is those people who are bullying. What does it have to do with us?"
"They are vile, and you are shameless for sitting back and watching!" Liu Ya said to Chang Cheng, but her eyes were fixed on Wen Liang. Wen Liang put down his chopsticks helplessly and smiled, "Assistant Liu, this is not a wilderness. No one dares to do anything illegal. Even if someone really breaks the law, the government will intervene. It's not your turn or mine to interfere, right?"
"Humph, you're just trying to make excuses! You're just afraid..."
"Liu Ya!" Xiang Ziyu stopped her at the right time, his face straightened, and he actually had a bit of determination, saying: "If you don't listen, go back to Mingzhu tomorrow. I don't need you to follow me here!"
Liu Ya was stunned. She didn't understand why Xiang Ziyu had been standing on Wen Liang's side to teach her a lesson today, but she didn't dare to say anything. Tears kept welling up in her eyes, but she tried hard not to let them fall.
As they were talking, the fat driver nicknamed Fei Jiu couldn't stand the teasing and felt embarrassed. He reached out and grabbed the young woman's arm and pulled her into a deeper corner. The young woman's face showed panic. She wanted to break free but couldn't resist Fei Jiu's brute force. She looked at her husband with pleading eyes, but the young man still held the baby in his arms, lowered his head and didn't move.
The young woman finally gave up hope and was dragged by Fei Jiu to stagger into the darkness. A man in his early twenties at the table who looked like government officials stood up angrily, as if he wanted to intervene, but an older man next to him glanced at him and said sternly, "Sit down!"
The man hesitated, turned his head and looked around. The people in the yard were silent except for those who cheered and made noises. He sighed heavily, lowered his head and sat down. A moment later, the young woman's sad cry of rejection was heard in the night sky: "Don't... Please, don't..."
Wen Liang frowned. With his knowledge from two previous lives, he naturally understood what was going on between the young woman and Fei Jiu. But now it seemed that something was still wrong. He said to Chang Cheng, "Go and have a look."
Chang Cheng had been eager to try for a long time. Having followed Wen Liang for a long time, he knew this young man's temper. He generally didn't like to meddle in other people's business, but if he really encountered injustice, he would not turn a blind eye.
Chang Cheng stood up. Every time he walked past a table, the people at the table became quiet, watching him walk towards the dark corner where Fei Jiu and the young woman disappeared. Someone muttered, "A dog really catches a rat..." Then the entire service area fell into unprecedented silence. Everyone waited eagerly until Fei Jiu's shocked and angry voice rang out, "What... are you doing? None of your business... Ouch, ouch, someone is being beaten, how dare you beat someone?"
There was a commotion in the service area, and many people stood up, which showed that Fei Jiu was not alone. The first person to come out of the darkness was Chang Cheng. The young woman had disheveled hair and a frightened look on her face. She followed Chang Cheng closely, like a frightened deer, a little at a loss.
Chang Cheng saw many people glaring at him, and some even ran to see how Fei Jiu was doing. Fearing that it was unsafe for the young woman to stay here, he brought her husband and four little girls with him. He was far away just now and couldn't see clearly. Now he saw that the young woman had a pointed face and a straight nose. If it weren't for the dirt on her face, she would actually be pretty. Xiang Ziyu asked her to sit next to him and said softly, "Are you okay? Have you been bullied?"
The young woman had never seen a woman with such outstanding temperament and appearance. She didn't know what to do for a moment. She twisted her body, lowered her head so much that her chin almost touched her chest, and stammered: "No... No..."
Liu Ya didn't care about being angry at this moment, and said to the young man: "How can you be someone else's husband? You see your wife being bullied and don't step in. Are you a man?"
Being scolded as not being a man is the biggest insult to a real man, but the young man acted as if he didn't hear it. He still kept his head down, holding the baby in his arms, like a dumb person. Or it could be said that one could not feel from him the emotions that a normal person should have... the emotions that belong to a human being, happiness, joy, anger, sadness, etc. He was like a body without a soul, just alive.
"Can you please tell us what happened?" Xiang Ziyu's voice was soft and his expression was sincere. He didn't speak in a condescending manner, nor did he show pity or sympathy. He spoke like a friend, and his charm was very touching.
The young woman secretly glanced at her husband and moved her lips twice. Liu Ya patted her chest and said, "Don't be afraid. Just tell us what you want to say. We will take care of it for you!"
The young woman hesitated for a moment, and finally told the story of her and her husband. It turned out that the two were from Huanghuai Province, and had lived along the Yellow River for generations. Although their family was not well off, at least they had enough food and clothing. The couple had been in love since they got married, and they loved each other very much. Their life was OK. But after the birth of their eldest daughter, things began to change. Her parents-in-law favored sons over daughters, and they were very dissatisfied with this. They often made indirect accusations and made trouble. But the sky was not good, and she gave birth to two more daughters. Now, not to mention her husband's family, even she herself felt that it was a great sin to not be able to carry on the family line for her husband's family, and she felt very guilty.
Since they couldn't give birth to a son, they had to continue to have children. However, they encountered a family planning inspection, and the inspection was stricter at each level from the county to the township to the village. Their three children were the key targets of inspection, and the female had to be sterilized. People from the township family planning committee and village cadres were waiting at home every day. They had no choice but to hide everywhere. At first they hid at relatives' and friends' homes, and later they lived in the county and city. Later, they could not stay in this province anymore, so they had to travel all over the country. While wandering, they gave birth to a fourth child, who turned out to be a girl. They could not go back home for this reason, if for no other reason than to give birth to a son to save face and avoid being looked down upon by their family and villagers.
This time they were planning to go to Jiangdong. They had no money on the road, so they took a ride with Feijiu's team. Once they really had no money to buy food, so the young woman did a sex trade with a driver on the car. This was not the first time she did it. During this time, she had to hide everywhere. She had no education and skills. Her husband also had to help take care of the children. She couldn't work as a long-term worker and couldn't earn money. She was always hungry and full. Sometimes she couldn't have a full meal for three or four days. But it didn't matter if the adults didn't eat, but if the children were hungry for two days, it would be fatal. At this point, as a woman, the paths she could choose were actually very limited.
Although she was born in a humble family, she was also a decent woman and had shame. However, when people are desperate, shame cannot be eaten. After struggling, she could only swallow her blood and tears. Her husband also knew about this, but what could he do? He could only keep silent and face it woodenly like now.
Tonight, Fei Jiu was drunk, and a few days ago, he heard the driver who had done it with the young woman bragging privately about how comfortable it was. He couldn't help but take ten yuan and wanted to have sex with her in a corner. She hesitated, wanting her eldest daughter to eat some meat, so she nodded, but she regretted it halfway and didn't want to do it anymore, so they had an argument. Unexpectedly, Fei Jiu couldn't stand the crowd's booing and used force. If Chang Cheng hadn't arrived in time, this ravage would have been inevitable tonight.
After hearing the young woman's words, there was a moment of silence. Xiang Ziyu and Liu Ya were both in the mainland for the first time, and they had never known that there were such things in the world. So while they were shocked, they also felt sympathy and pity for the family's experience. However, Wen Liang was very knowledgeable about the world and had guessed all this, so he was unwilling to intervene at the beginning. If Fei Jiu had not used violence later, he would not have let Chang Cheng take action. Everything in the world has its own fate. No matter if it is a noble or a peddler, once you make a choice, you must bear the consequences. No one is immune!
Liu Ya glanced at Wen Liang, and seemed to understand that his initial inaction was not shameless, and then looked at the young woman, and after trying to hold back, she still asked, "You... since you agreed, why are you unwilling now?"
Hearing this, the young woman raised her head bravely for the first time, her eyes passed through the crowd and fell on her daughter beside her husband. The humiliation, humbleness, cowardice, and the confusion of struggling with fate all left her at this moment. Her eyes sparkled with crystal light, and a line of tears flowed down, washing away the dirt on her face. She said softly: "Today is my eldest daughter's birthday. I, I don't want her to have her birthday while her mother is still a ** sleeping with others..." (To be continued)